Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who is currently in the southeastern province of Kahramanmaras to hold a series of talks, replied to questions of reporters on the latest news stories claiming that U.S. President Barack Obama warned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the two officials' recent gathering as part of the G-20 summit in Toronto, Canada.

"Such a thing is not in question. Turkey and USA are strategic allies," Davutoglu said.

In response to the US exports of military materials and high-tech decoy missile components to be assembled in Tel Aviv, Russia has accused the US of violating the START-1 treaty on strategic offense weapons.

In an official statement sent to the US State Department and published in detail on Monday [August 9th] in local Russian media outlets, Russia's Foreign Ministry asserted that the United States had committed numerous violations that threaten Russian security. Most significantly, the US is exporting defense decoy missile components to be assembled in Tel Aviv and supplying Israel with technology that it is not supposed to possess given that it is not a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime.

According to articles published on Tuesday (03.08.2010) in leading Turkish newspapers, Israel's decision to cooperate with the UN international commission of inquiry into the bloody attack on the 'Freedom Flotilla' in May is an 'insufficient step'. The UN announced that it would be establishing the inquiry the day before yesterday.

The head of Foreign Relations for the Hamas Political Bureau has said that Europe is beginning to realise that ignoring the Islamic Resistance Movement is a mistake. According to Osama Hamdan, the French Foreign Minister's recent statement that his country is ready to talk with Hamas is "a correction of the errors committed by European countries against Hamas". He also pointed out that some EU countries already have contacts with the movement.

In an interview with "Palestine" newspaper, Mr. Hamdan called on Europe to take practical steps to reach out to Hamas which is, he claims, "The most prominent political force in the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority, and a political group whose influence, role and position is well known".

Earlier, the French Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, expressed his country's willingness to talk with Hamas "if the Palestinian Authority requested that", stressing that there will not be a peace agreement without Hamas at the table. Mr. Kouchner's statement is, according to Osama Hamdan, an indication that the French are more daring than others in the open expression of such views. He also pointed out that similar comments have been made by many journalists, academics and think-tanks in France, proving his movement's status in the country.